Nambucca Heads light aircraft crash 04/01/2025

[Thruster88]

Sting s4 is a newish  aircraft with Garmin avionics and a balistic parachute, the ATSB will get the job of recovering any flight data from those units. I feel this one meets their requirements for a full investigation. 

[BrendAn]

8 minutes ago, Thruster88 said:

Sting s4 is a newish  aircraft with Garmin avionics and a balistic parachute, the ATSB will get the job of recovering any flight data from those units. I feel this one meets their requirements for a full investigation. 

I watched a YouTube yesterday.   a flight in a Cirrus sr22.

The owner said Cirrus advise 600ft minimum to deploy chute but the manufacturer of the chutes says deploy at any height. I have read of a chute deployment at 100 ft that saved the pilots life. 

Edited Sunday at 08:48 PM by BrendAn

[Blueadventures]

48 minutes ago, Thruster88 said:

Sting s4 is a newish  aircraft with Garmin avionics and a balistic parachute, the ATSB will get the job of recovering any flight data from those units. I feel this one meets their requirements for a full investigation. 

That data if recoverable will greatly assist the investigation.

[turboplanner]

22 minutes ago, Blueadventures said:

That data if recoverable will greatly assist the investigation.

The current system as others have said revolves around economics - information return on investment, or "if the cause is obvious, why go through the expensive ATSB comprehensive process."

In the current process, where police investigate the accident and call in Recreational Aviation Australia for specialised assistance, it's been normal for RAA to call in ATSB for more specialist advice, which others have said.

 

There's no reason that any data would not be recovered if undamaged and presented to NSW Police forming part of their brief to the NSW Coroner.

 

One issue is that the Coroner is looking for the cause of death and we are looking for the cause of accident.

Another issue is that some Coroner reports take a very long time, and can be poorly referenced for pubic access.

We could probably get what we want for learning purposes if the Coroner released the Police Brief with redactions.

[jackc]

13 hours ago, BrendAn said:

Experienced instructors killed in Nambucca Heads plane crash

5 hours ago · Bodies of pilot and pass

The pilot, Mark White, 67, was an experienced pilot and instructor at local flying school Midcoast Microlights. Mr White and 69 year-old passenger were believed to be training at the time.

The aircraft left a private airfield at Coffs Harbour about 3.30pm yesterday with two men on board, NSW Police confirmed.

Emergency services battled dangerous conditions in their attempts to recover the small Sting aircraft from Scotts Head Beach on Sunday.

Police Inspector Stuart Campbell said “we’re struggling with the tides and movement of the debris”

enger recovered after light plane crash off NSW north coast ... who have confirmed the aircraft left a private airfield at Coffs Harbour about 3.30pm 

Very sad 🤢 I did my first 18 hours with Mark White at Midcoast Microlights, Coffs Harbour, in their white Foxbat. 
His Foxbat suffered a bad  landing some time ago and due to repair time, the Flying School got a new  Sting, just after COVID.

i never got to fly it, as I changed schools closer to me. 
RIP Mark

[BurnieM]

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